Means for and method of mounting stemmed articles



June 10, 1941;

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MEANS FOR AND METHOD OFMOUNTING STEMMED ARTICLES..

Filed Feb. s, Y1940 BY Qi-Toma p 5% mr@ www WY MNM Patented June 10, 1941 UNITED STATES 2,245,021

MEANS FOR AND METHGD F MG-UNEENG STEMIMIED ARTICLES Application February 8, 1940, Serial No. 317,839

(Cl. 2li-207) 4 Claims.

This invention relates to means for methods of mounting stemmed articles.

Certain ornaments or buttons provided with stems cannot be attached to a support by riveting, often because the article or button is too fragile to `withstand the shock of a riveting machine. It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an extremely simple and economical method of mounting said articles on a support therefor without the danger of injuring the articles.

A further object of this invention is to provide a strong, rugged and durable mounted stemmed article, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture and practical and ecient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the cornbination of steps, features of construction, cornbinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplied in the method and construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational View of a portion and of a garment provided with tape connected 3i slider fasteners on which are mounted stemmed buttons or ornaments, in accordance with the method embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the structure shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, cross-sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional View taken on line lof Fig, 3;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a perspective inside view of the button or ornament before it is mounted on the slider fastener;

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the part of the slider fastener to which the button shown in Fig.

v 6 is attached;

Figs. 8 and 9 are elevational, cross-sectional views illustrating two steps in the method of attaching the button shown in Fig. 6 to the part shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken on line Ill-I0 of Fig. 9; and

Fig. 11 is a perspective View of an instrument which may be used to attach the button to the part on which the button is mounted.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I0 designates a garment formed with a split or opening il adapted to be closed by tape connected slider fastener construction l2, including slider fasteners E3 on which are mounted buttons or ornaments l5, in accordance with the method embodying the invention.

The construction disclosed in the drawing is but one illustration of a stemmed article attached to a support therefor, in accordance with the invention, it being understood that stemmed articles may be mounted on a large variety of supports in accordance with the invention disclosed herewith.

Stitched to the garment I at the split or opening il, are elongated flexible strips i8 having adjacent marginal beaded edges i9. The tape connected fastener l2 construction comrises an elongated. piece of flexible tape 2l), to which the fasteners i3 slidably receiving the beaded edges is, are attached.

The fasteners i3 may be of any suitable construction. As shown in the drawing. for the purpose of illustration, each fastener i3 comprises a pair of metal parts 23 and 2d. Part 23 has a flat wall 25 from the sides of which eX- tend paraliel flanges El. Wall 25 is formed with a central outwardly pressed, recessed portion formed with a transverse slot 3l. Extending from the ends of wall 25, are tabs 33, for the purpose hereinafter appearing,

Part 2d has a fiat wall 35, paraliel to wall Z5, and likewise formed with parallel flanges 3d. The flanges 36 are aligned with and spaced from the anges 2l, forming slots @t therebetween to receive the strips i8. The beaded edges I9 of strips i8 are disposed on the inner sides of the flanges 2l, d, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

Wall is formed, at the outer ends thereof, with open ended depressed portions 31, and the tabs 33 are formed with tongues 39 bent into said depressed portions, to attach the parts 23 and 24 together. Tabs 33 are formed with shoulders 40 contacting the undersides of the depressed portions l, the latter being formed with notches 37d, through which the tongues 39 pass. Thus, the shoulders serve to properly space the walls 25 and 35 from one another.

Wall 35 may be formed with a central depressed portion t3, having an opening lill; and the tape 20 may be attached to part 24 by means of a rivet passing through said opening, the head -a stem 60.

of the rivet engaging the tape and pressing the same into said depressed portion.

The button or ornament t5 may be attached to part 23 before the parts 23 and 24 are attached together. Although many ornaments may be attached to .the part 23 by riveting, some ornaments cannot be attached thereto in such manner because the ornaments are too fragile to withstand the shock of a riveting machine. In accordance with the present invention, the button I5 is attached to part 23 without necessity for riveting, and in such a manner as to preclude injury to the button or ornament, as will appear hereinafter.

The button or ornament l5 is provided with The stem is usually of round wire stock, and the outer end thereof may be iiattened to form a transverse tongue 6l at the outer end of the stem.

As shown in Fig. 8 of the drawing, the but ton has a rounded head 62 which may contact the wall 2'5. In such event, the shoulder 64 between the stemmed portions E0 and 6l! contacts the outwardly pressed portion B of part 23. The tongue 6I passes through the slot 3i in the outwardly pressed portion S and extends beyond the inner surface of wall 25.

In such position, the tongue 6l may be engaged by a tool 65 and twisted to attach the button to part 23. The tool 65 comprises a shank 66 having a handle 6'! at one end and formed with a, diametric slot 68 at its outer end. increasing in width from its outer end to form spaced, parallel shearing edges 68a. The distance between said edges is just sucient to admit the fiat tongue 6I. The tool is applied as shown in Fig. 8 with the axis of the tool in alignment with the axis of the stem '60, with the inner end of the tongue 6I projecting into the slot 68, and with the end of .the tool contacting `the inner surface of wall and covering the recess formed by outwardly pressed portion 39.

The cross-section of the tongue 6I is substantially the same as the shape of slot 68 so that the tongue fits into the slot; and by turning the tool 65 about its longitudinal axis (and hence about the axis of the stem 60) the tongue is twisted to the position shown in Figs. 9 and 10, for fixing the button or o-rnament to said part 23. As the tool 65 is twisted, the edges 68a of the tool will shear ofi" whatever portion of the tongue El projects beyond the inner surface of wall 25, so that the twisted part of the tongue is wholly within the recess in depressed portion 3U. It will be noted `that the stem will be twisted without submitting the ornament to any stress, as the stress will be taken up by the slotted wall 25, without transmitting the stress to the ornament.

It will thus be seen that there is pr-ovi-ded an article and method in which the several objects of this invention `are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the condi-tions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments mi-ght be made of the above invention, .and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understoodthlat all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a member havin-g a recess, the bottom wall of said recess being formed with a slot, `and an ornament having a head and a stem, said stem having a round part extending from the head, and a flattened part extending from the round part, and passing through said opening, and said flattened part being twisted to attach said ornament t-o said member, the shoulders formed at the end of the round part adjacent the fiat part contacting the undersurface of the slotted wall, and said twisted part being disposed wholly wit-hin said recess.

2. In a method of attaching an ornament comprising a head and a stem having a flat portion, to a member havin-g a slot, consisting in passing said flat portion through said slot and then twisting said portion about the axis of said stem to attach said ornament to said member, with a tool having shearing edges to shear off a portion of the same during the twisting operation.

3. In combinati-on, a member having a wall and an `outwardly pressed portion constituting a recess having a bottom wall spaced from the rst wall and formed with a slot, a 4seco-nd member having a head and a round stem formed with a flat portion-at its outer end passing through said openin-g, into the recess formed by said `outwardly pressed portion, and twisted yabout the axis `oi. said stem, to attach said button to said member, said twisted portion being disposed wholly within said recess, and said head having a portion contacting the first wall.

4. A method of t'he character described, consisting in passing a at stem on an ornament through a slot in an outwardly pres-sed portion of a support for .said ornament, with the ilat portion extending beyond the recess formed by said outwardly pressed portion, then gripping the portion 4of said stem which projects beyond said rccess with a tool having shearing edges on opposite sides of the faces of said item, and twisting said tool to twist said tongue, vand shear off the portion thereof which projects beyond said recess.

ANTHONY W. TRIPP. JACOB D. STIRISS. 

